debut in the west end. in afghanistan, in a major escalation of the taliban s offensive the militants have captured a provincial capital, zaranj, close to the border with iran, and assassinated a close aide of the president s. they ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. the united nations special envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. our world affairs correspondent richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government s media information centre, dawa khan menapal. they d warned officials would be targeted in response to air strikes by afghan and us forces. the war now increasingly spilling into the capital. but the taliban are also now targeting other key cities in this, their latest offensive. they claim to have captu
all of the network, bringing everything together, the timetable and the rest of it under one roof. i can t imagine me ever wanting to use public transport over my car, so, yeah, i do think they will have to do something drastic. it goes up and up every year and the service, i you know, overall, - doesn t get any better. surge testing and vaccinations begin in more areas of england to combat the spread of the indian covid variant. more air strikes and rocket fire between israel and palestinian militants despite reports that a ceasfire could be close. universities must introduce mandatory policies for dealing with sexual assault, that s the demand from scores of women who say they are survivors of such abuse. and we report from japan, where politicians and the ioc insist the tokyo olympics will be safe but public opposition is intensifying. let s bring you more on the breaking news from the court in paris. it has ruled that more than 2,500 women should receive compensation
what chance the end of lockdown in england onjune the 21st? and at last, football s euros get underway, wales, england and scotland all vying for glory. hello and welcome to bbc news. the g7 summit between the leaders of the seven of the world s most advanced economies is getting under way in cornwall. my colleague ben brown is there. he has been there all day, he will be there for the next few days, and we join will be there for the next few days, and wejoin him now over in cornwall. and we join him now over in cornwall- yes, hello from cornwall, and the weather is brightening up in this beautiful cornish coastline, just as the world leaders are right for this g7 summit, we will have the family photo in about half an hour, and that will be followed by an initial welcomed all the leaders from the british minister, borisjohnson. so we are here at the castle resort here in st ives in the south west of england, which is host to the g7 summit of world leaders, and during the fir
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. watching in the uk finance ministers of the world s leading economies remain confident of striking an historic deal in london today on taxing tech giants. the agreement by the g7 group of finance ministers is set to include a global minimum rate of corporation tax. the base rate of 15% is seen as a starting point, but is lower than the minimum rate of 21% that had been proposed by president biden. the plans are also set to stop major multinational companies, include apple and microsoft from paying little or no tax in countries where they make money. the uk chancellor, rishi sunak said businesses should pay the right amount of tax in the right place. germany s finance minister olaf sholz said the deal if struck would change the world . it will be very effective, yes. many countries will have higher taxes, but it is helpful that they know that there is a basis. and it will be looked country by country. i